Key Sponsor Licence Compliance Tips
The government announced new plans to reduce net migration in September, which included new measures for Sponsor Licence holders. This comes to proactively handle what they believe is over-reliance on foreign talent in certain sectors. This involves the Home Office...
Sponsor Licence Compliance: Corporate Changes and Restructuring
Being a Sponsor Licence holder allows you to recruit from the overseas talent pool for your UK-based company. As a licenced Sponsor you are obligated to follow certain rules and regulations as set out in "Sponsorship: Guidance for Employers and Educators". This...
Sponsor Licence Compliance – Your Responsibilities as a Sponsor
Sponsor Licences enable employers to employ non-settled workers in the UK. You must apply to the Home Office for a Sponsor Licence. Once granted, you must follow certain guidelines as a business to ensure that you are complying with your responsibilities as a sponsor....
Are you eligible for Indefinite Leave to Remain? Routes to ILR
Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) or ‘Settlement’ is granted to visa-holders who have been in the UK for a significant amount of time. It provides individuals with a no time-limit grant of stay in the UK and the right to work, live and study here indefinitely....
eVisas: What to do as an employer?
All BRP cards are approaching their expiry date on 31st December 2024. After this date, the Home Office will transition to a fully digital immigration system. The government have published guidance on how employers can assist sponsored workers during the...
TLS Contact – UK Visa appointment service provider is changing hands
From October 2024, TLS Contact are taking over the UK Visas and Immigration application processing centres for biometric appointments. Held previously by Sopra Steria, this will change hands on the 15th October. Any appointments booked after this date will need to be...
eVisa – Switching from physical BRP cards to an online service
Current BRP cards being issued by the Home Office are all being issued up until the 31st December 2024, in line with the government’s plan to move people’s immigration status to an online digital platform. After 31st December, people will only be able to prove their...
General Election 2024: A look into the Parties plans for Immigration
The manifestos are out ahead of Britain’s general election, due to take place on July 4th. Immigration remains at the forefront of many of the campaigns, with recent stricter measures and policies put in place by the conservatives, becoming a point of contention for...
Changes in Immigration: Effective from 4th April
As of 4th April 2024, significant changes were made to the current immigration rules by the Home Office. This included the increase in the minimum salary or ‘going rate’ for all eligible skilled worker occupations, replacement of the shortage list with the immigration...
New Skilled Worker and Intra-Company Visa Routes
Free movement between the UK and EU will end on 31st December 2020 and from 1st January 2021, both EU and non-EU citizens will require a visa to work, study, or join family in the UK. EU, EEA, and Swiss nationals living in the UK before 1st January 2021 can continue to apply to the EU settlement Scheme up until 30th June 2021.